Dr Purves says find the gap between you and your emotional experiences

byDr Purves

Dr David Purves says find the gap between you and your emotional experiences

You are not your experience. You don’t change very fast but your experience does. When we struggle with psychological problems like depression, anxiety and panic we often lose sight of the space between our emotions and the events of the world. We assume that our feelings are a genuine representation of reality. emotions are not a very good guide to reality at all.

Feelings are not facts.

Feeling something does not make it true. And feeling something intensely does not make it even more true. Conversely feeling something mildly does not mean that it is not important or meaningful.

Feeling are best used as a guide to action but not as a hard and fast rule.

Dr Purves is a specialist in CBT and EMDR

Dr Purves is a specialist in the use of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and EMDR. Working with him can help you take back control of your experience and that includes being able to maintain a more level emotional state and a greater feeling of satisfcation and happiness.

Set up an appointment to learn more about how Dr Purves can help you.

Also be sure to download the new Panic Pit Stop App. It has some great tools that help you to find the space! This gets you more control over panic, worry and anxiety.